This episode is for mothers walking on eggshells.
For daughters who feel judged.
For families who love each other deeply but don’t know how to stop hurting each other.

In this powerful episode of Bite Your Tongue, Denise Gorant speaks with Leslie Glass and her daughter Lindsey Glass about the hardest—and most hopeful—parts of the mother-daughter relationship. Co-authors of The Mother-Daughter Relationship Makeover and its companion workbook, Leslie and Lindsey share their deeply personal journey through addiction, family conflict, estrangement, and reconciliation. Together, they explore why these relationships fracture, how communication breaks down, and what real repair actually looks like.

What We Cover:

• Why mothers and daughters trigger each other so deeply
• The independence vs. control conflict baked into motherhood
• How “helpful” comments about food, weight, or appearance become landmines
• What makes a fight toxic—and what makes it repairable
• Why estrangement can feel safer than staying in conflict
• How apologies, accountability, and boundaries rebuild trust
• Practical tools for changing communication patterns
• Why healing starts with self-work—not changing the other person

Leslie and Lindsey also share practical tools from their workbook—like replacement phrases that diffuse tension, ways to identify triggers before they explode, and why doing the work separately (not together) can be the most honest starting point.

One of the most powerful ideas from this conversation is simple but uncomfortable: "You have to decide whether you want to be right—or whether you want to stay connected."

Healing doesn’t require perfection. It requires awareness, accountability, compassion—and sometimes knowing when to bite your tongue.

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